English Dictionary

shellfish

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.

日本語の意味

水中に生息する、内側または外側に殻を持つ無脊椎動物の総称。軟体動物（貝類）や甲殻類が含まれ、食用として利用されることが多い。

The coastal market sold fresh shellfish like mussels and crabs to weekend shoppers.

沿岸の市場では、ムール貝やカニなどの新鮮な貝類や甲殻類が週末の買い物客向けに販売されていた。

意味（1）

A fisheries and colloquial term for an aquatic invertebrate having an inner or outer shell, such as a mollusc or crustacean, especially when edible.

意味（2）

A culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.

shellfish （ plural ）

shellfishes （ plural ）